The Burset Flores Genealogy Home Page

This is the genealogy home page of the children of José Manuel Burset Vélez and Florentina Flores López.It is the result of years of passionate research as well as generous information sharing from colleagues (too many to name each).Our genealogy is very similar to that of many other Puerto Rican families.We have a branch of recent Spanish descent: the Burset -- which we have traced back to the late 1500's, even identifying our original French forefather who migrated to Cataluña in 1590 -- and the Masferrer/Masfarré.Both these families located in Humacao. Most of our ancestors are of deep criollo roots:Flores, Delgado, Vélez del Rosario, López de Alicea, Rodríguez de Guzmán, Díaz de Ávila, etc.In fewer instances we have identified Canarians who arrived to the island in the early 18th century:Hernández de la Sierra, Rodríguez Castellanos.Finally, through genealogical research we have extended our family beyond our already-known relatives.In the Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía meetings I have been acquainted with people I am related to through various lines.Through the internet I have met four Burset/Burcet cousins:three in Cataluña and one originally from Cuba; our great-grandparents were either brothers or cousins.I try to keep our communication up in their (and our original) Catalan tongue, with modest success.I hope you enjoy perusing our page as much as I have enjoyed putting it together.As they say in Catalan, una abraçada.

Luisa Mercedes Burset Vélez(9 KB)My Titi Luisa as a baby.The photo is dedicated, in her mother´s handwriting, to her paternal grandmother.Titi Luisa died in 2000, close to her 90th birthday.

Don Martín Burset y Romero(3 KB)Our paternal great grandfather.Born in Marín, Pontevedra, Galicia.The first of the 'Galician' Bursets, and probably the one to change the spelling from the Catalan Burcet to our current Burset.

Joaquín Masferrer Fraxedas(18 KB)Our great-great-grandfather, born in Mataró, Cataluña. His parents were Tomás Masfarré Aymerich and Teresa Fraxedas Oliver. In 1842, came to Puerto Rico, where he married María de la Concepción Berríos de la Rosa, daughter of Román Berríos Martínez and Josefa de la Rosa Díaz.

Concha Burset Masferrer(15 KB)Officially named Juana María de la Concepción, this was the only girl in the Burset Masferrer home.She was mother to Mercedes, Georgina and Caridad López Burset.Her beauty was well-appreciated in Humacao, inspiring a poem titled:A Concha Burset, la señorita.Called "la gallega", (the term generally used in PR to refer to Spaniards)which made her mad,correcting and identifying herself as "la catalana".